A lack of basic treatment for mentally ill Indiana Department of Correction inmates held in isolation violates the U.S. Constitution’s
Eighth Amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, a federal judge ruled Monday.

A federal judge in Indianapolis on Thursday approved a settlement in a class action lawsuit brought against Indiana relating
to state offices not adequately providing public assistance for voter registration.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has sent a case back to an Indianapolis judge, saying she didn’t properly weigh whether
the case should be prolonged on remand to Hamilton Superior Court instead of her deciding on the issues that have already
been fleshed out in federal court during the past year and a half.

A non-profit group for local pharmacies statewide is suing the state’s Medicaid office in federal court, attempting
to block cuts to the fees given to local pharmacies participating in the Medicaid program.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has filed a notice of appeal regarding the recent decision by U.S. Judge Tanya Walton
Pratt to halt enforcement of a new law which withholds funding from abortion providers.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed an Indiana man’s suit in which he claims he should be able to sit for
the bar exam even if he didn’t go to law school. The federal appellate court dismissed it for failure to timely pay
the required docketing fee.

The Indiana State Police detective involved in a physical confrontation with an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police deputy chief
in August 2010 in the deputy chief’s office has filed a lawsuit claiming false arrest and assault and battery.

The man who sued the Indiana Supreme Court and state Board of Law Examiners because he wants to take the bar exam without
going to law school wants a federal judge to reopen his case, arguing that he has no other legal recourse available and the
court’s refusal to allow relief is contrary to established precedent.

The Supreme Court of the United States denied one prisoner lawsuit from Indiana today, while not saying whether it will address
another case from this state on judicial speech. No decision was made on a third Hoosier case it heard arguments on more than
a month ago addressing vehicular flight.

Sitting at the crossroads between immigration law, paternity establishment, and the controversy on how the United States handles
illegal immigrants, a federal judge in Indianapolis has ordered state health officials to stop denying unmarried immigrant
parents without a Social Security number the ability to file an affidavit establishing paternity.

Even as the Indiana Board of Law Examiners searches for a new leader, a federal lawsuit remains pending against the state
agency’s questions to prospective lawyers about their mental and emotional health.

The governor has appointed Barbara L. Cook Crawford as the newest Marion Superior judge. She will replace former Marion Superior
Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, who was appointed to the U.S. District Court’s Southern District of Indiana in June.

Marion Superior Judge Tanya Walton Pratt has just received confirmation from the U.S. Senate, meaning she'll become state's
first African-American federal judge and one of four female jurists on Indiana's federal bench.

The U.S. Senate plans to vote on a Marion Superior judge’s nomination for the federal bench on Tuesday, according to
a spokesman in Sen. Evan’s Bayh’s office. Senators agreed Thursday to consider the nomination of Marion Superior
Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, whom the president chose in January for the Southern District of Indiana to succeed Judge David
F. Hamilton. Judge Hamilton was elevated to the federal appeals bench late last year.